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AccuWeather's Dr. Reed Timmer reports from near Destin, Florida, where a major hurricane is pushing destructive waves and a storm surge of 7 feet or more ashore.

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00:00We are near Justin, Florida right now, and you can see very angry ocean out there in the Gulf as
00:06Category 3 hurricanes decide to approach.
00:10Winds are beginning to increase, northeasterly winds out here.
00:14Storm is definitely holding intensity, very vigorous convection on the northern eyewall, and we expect a major storm surge.
00:21You can already start to see it coming on shore here.
00:23And inundation expected a 7 feet or greater storm surge.
00:29Got some water starting to come in here, folks.
00:36There it is. Big ocean out here.
00:40Gulf of Mexico, off to the south, very angry.
00:44You can see the agitated skies out here anytime convection moves by, mixes down those very strong winds.
00:50And we have massive waves out there, and all of this is going to inundate the barrier islands here with
00:567 feet of storm surge.
00:57And waves on top of it. Storm surge warning.
01:01Major Hurricane Isaias approaching, going to make the call about 8 to 10 p.m. this evening.

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